The Elders’ Forum in the Ekiti State chapter of the
All Progressives Congress has declared that there
is no escape route for the state Governor Ayo
Fayose in the impeachment process initiated by
19 members of the state House of Assembly.
The body said Fayose has serially breached the
Constitution, desecrated the esteemed office he
occupies and should be ready to face the
consequences of his actions.
The Publicity Secretary of Ekiti APC Elders Forum,
Dr. Bayo Orire, who made the group’s position
known on Tuesday, also warned the military and
the police against being used to hinder the
lawmakers from carrying out their constitutional
functions.
Condemning the military for turning back the 19
APC lawmakers from entering Ado-Ekiti, the state
capital on Tuesday, Orire said the party’s elder
body was concerned about an alleged open
partisanship of officers and men of the Nigerian
Army on the matter.
He also said the police and the Army should not
be watching helplessly for hoodlums to seize the
whole state and interfere with the constitutional
duties of the Assembly members.
Dr. Orire explained that the lawmakers should not
be blamed for signing and forwarding an
impeachment notice against Fayose, saying a
responsible House of Assembly was not expected
to look the other way when the chief executive
was overstepping his bounds.
He said Fayose has violated the oath he swore to
defend the Constitution and not do anything to
infringe on the rule of law, urging the people of
the state not to see the action of the lawmakers as
an attack on the governor but to save the state
from impunity and sliding into an “irredeemable
dictatorship.”
The APC elders’ spokesman maintained that
whatever constitutional action taken by the 19
lawmakers remain legitimate, legal and binding
since they have met and surpassed the two-third
majority needed to remove an erring governor.
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